Michigan Laws > Chapter 257 > Act 300 of 1949 > Chapter VI


§ 257.617	Accident resulting in serious impairment of body function or death; stopping required; reporting to police agency or officer; violation as felony; penalty
§ 257.617a	Accident; personal injury; reporting to police agency or officer; stopping required; penalty; suspension of license
§ 257.618	Accidents; damage to vehicles; stopping required; reporting to police agency or officer; penalty
§ 257.618a	Vehicle accident; removal from main traveled portion of roadway or streetcar track; conditions; violation of subsection (1) as civil infraction; removal by law enforcement agency, public agency, or de
§ 257.619	Accidents; duties of driver
§ 257.620	Accidents; attended or unattended vehicle; stopping; report
§ 257.621	Accidents; fixtures on or adjacent to highway; notification of owner; exhibition of driver’s license; reports
§ 257.622	Report of accidents resulting in death, personal injury, or property damage; forms; analysis; use; retention
§ 257.622a	Ignition interlock device; installation included in crash report
§ 257.623	Accidents; reports by garagekeepers or repairmen
§ 257.624	Report not available for use in court action; purpose of report; authorization and purpose of scientific studies and research; use of data; disclosures; liability; penalty
§ 257.624a	Transportation or possession of alcoholic liquor in open or uncapped container open or upon which seal broken; violation as misdemeanor; exception; subsections (1) and (2) inapplicable to passenger in
§ 257.624b	Transport or possession of alcoholic liquor by person less than 21 years of age

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 257 > Act 300 of 1949 > Chapter VI > ACCIDENTS

Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Classification system: means a mechanism to identify the current use of land and any structures on the land. See Michigan Laws 324.60901
Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Contractor: means the private entity, nonprofit entity, or academic institution selected by the department under section 5 to evaluate certain economic development incentives. See Michigan Laws 18.1753
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Data management system: means a mechanism which relies on a computer to manipulate, store, and retrieve information collected and updated during a resource inventory. See Michigan Laws 324.60901
Department: means the department of technology, management, and budget. See Michigan Laws 18.1753
Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Economic development incentive: means the abatements, tax credits, exemptions, grants, loans, or loan guarantees related to economic development activities in this state as determined by the Michigan strategic fund provided under the following acts:

(i) The Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208. See Michigan Laws 18.1753

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent

Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}

Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q

Inventory: means the land resource and current use inventory. See Michigan Laws 324.60901

Judge advocate: means an officer who is designated as a judge advocate by the state judge advocate general. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Legacy: A gift of property made by will.

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Military: includes each armed force of the United States and each component of the state military establishment. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Military court: means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or the military appeals tribunal. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Military judge: means a judge advocate designated as a military judge by the state judge advocate general or an official of a general or special court-martial appointed pursuant to section 26. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.

Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.

Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.

seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:

(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n

Soil scientist: means a person who meets the qualification standards of the GS-470 soil scientist series established by the United States civil service commission. See Michigan Laws 324.60701

Soil survey: means the identification and description of kinds of soil, the plotting of boundaries on aerial photographs between kinds of soils, and the description and evaluation of their importance and response under various uses and management practices. See Michigan Laws 324.60701

Staff judge advocate: means the commissioned officer responsible for supervising the administration of military justice within a command. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

strategic fund: means the fund under the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 18.1753

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Technical assistance: means the aid that the department shall provide to municipalities, counties, and other interested groups and individuals, on the use of the land resource and current use inventory and related information for planning and resource management decisions. See Michigan Laws 324.60901

Testify: Answer questions in court.

Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o